There’ll be orchestras and soloists from many countries as the Sydney Symphony and the Australian Youth Orchestras join such names as the Berlin Philharmonic, the French, Danish and Russian National Orchestras and the Minnesota Orchestra in the music-making at the Royal Albert Hall. Adding to the variety there’ll events with the BBC World Academy led by Ilham Al Madfai, the Penguin Cafe with Kathryn Tickell, a Celebration of Sondheim ... and two Last Nights at the Proms!
There’ll be something to suit all tastes in our season from the 2010 BBC Proms.
| Sun 08 August, 1.05pm |
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jirí Belohlávek, conductor
Mahler Symphony No 8 in E flat (Symphony of a Thousand)
 Jiří Bělohlávek Courtesy of the BBC >> BBC Radio 3: full concert details and program notes |
Supplementary notes by Derek Jones
A musical feast second to none begins on ABC Classic FM with our season of concerts drawn from the 116th season of BBC Proms. In our most extensive offering yet from this great Festival, the first of over sixty concerts brings with it just one work but one aptly suited to the occasion, Mahler's Symphony No 8 "Symphony of a Thousand". Set in two parts, the extrovert opening section is a setting of 'Veni, Creator Spiritus' while the second part takes a scene from Goethe's 'Faust'. Even though it uses the largest forces Mahler was to call on, it brings with it an almost chamber-music feeling in its intimate spans.
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| Mon 09 August, 1.05pm |
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
Simon Trpčeski, piano
Schumann Manfred Overture, Op 115
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18
Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony, Op 58
 Vasily Petrenko Courtesy of the BBC >> BBC Radio 3: full concert details and program notes |
Today's Prom looks to Byron's Manfred for its introduction and culmination. Schumann's overture presents the quintessential Romantic hero but it's played here in the orchestration by Gustav Mahler with Vasily Petrenko directing the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Byron's Manfred is a man burdened with a guilt born of a past love affair and this sorrow is also at the heart of Tchaikovsky's great Symphony. A work with its thundering and emotion-filled themes, Petrenko feels it could be experienced as a journey of our own soul.
Between these two, a late Romantic concerto by Rachmaninov. The Piano Concerto No 2 is a work not often played by our soloist, Simon Trpceski. He chooses not to keep playing the same works time and time again and every performance of the second means something special to him feeling this is where the true responsibility of an artist lies. To Trpceski, the secret in playing this concerto is to go beyond the technical challenges and look to the heart of this magical score.
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| Tue 10 August, 8.00pm |
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Viviane Hagner, violin
Wagner Lohengrin: Prelude Act 1
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64
Schuller Where the World Ends (UK premièr)
R Strauss An Alpine Symphony
 Viviane Hagner Courtesy of the BBC >> BBC Radio 3: full concert details and program notes |
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| Wed 11 August, 1.05pm |
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor
Paul Lewis, piano
Beethoven Overture 'Egmont'
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus – overture
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
 Paul Lewis Courtesy of the BBC >> BBC Radio 3: full concert details and program notes |
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| Wed 11 August, 8.00pm |
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Lothar Koenigs, conductor
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone
Wagner The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
 Bryn Terfel Courtesy of the BBC >> BBC Radio 3: full concert details and program notes |
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| Thur 12 August, 8.00pm |
Mark Padmore and Imogen Cooper
Mark Padmore, tenor
Imogen Cooper, piano
Schubert Die Forelle
Schubert Des Fischers LiebesglÜck
Schubert Vor meiner Wiege
Schubert Die Sterne
Schubert Three Piano Pieces
Schumann Dichterliebe
 Mark Padmore Courtesy of the BBC >> BBC Radio 3: full concert details and program notes |
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| Fri 13 August, 1.05pm |
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
Nelson Goerner, piano
Parry Symphonic Fantasia in B minor, '1912' (Symphony No. 5)
Scriabin Piano Concerto in F sharp minor
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'
 Nelson Goerner Courtesy of the BBC >> BBC Radio 3: full concert details and program notes |
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| Fri 14 August, 1.05pm |
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
Christian Zacharias, piano
Schumann Overture, Scherzo and Finale Op. 52
Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor
DvořákSlavonic Dance in E minor Op.72 No.2
J. Strauss II Die Fledermaus – overture
J. Strauss II Thunder and Lightning – polka
J. Strauss II Emperor Waltz
J. Strauss II By the Beautiful Blue Danube – waltz
J. Strauss I Radetzky March
 Christian Zacharias Courtesy of the BBC >> BBC Radio 3: full concert details and program notes |
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| Sun 15 August, 1.05pm |
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Paul Lewis, piano
Wagner Rienzi - overture
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 'From the New World'
 Andris Nelsons Courtesy of the BBC >> BBC Radio 3: full concert details and program notes |
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| Mon 16 August, 2.50pm |
Navarra Quartet
Francesco Piemontesi, piano
Debussy Préludes
Haydn Quartet Op.20 No.3 in G minor
Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
 Cadogan Hall Courtesy of the BBC >> BBC Radio 3: full concert details and program notes |
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| Tue 17 August, 8.00pm |
Australian Youth Orchestra
Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano
Brett Dean Amphitheatre (London premiere)
Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Shostakovich Symphony No 10 in E minor
 Ekaterina Gubanova Courtesy of the BBC >> BBC Radio 3: full concert details and program notes |
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| Wed 18 August, 1.05pm |
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer, conductor
Colin Currie, percussion
Cherubuni Médée - overture
Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, 'Spring'
Simon Holt a table of noises (London premiere)
R Strauss Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op 28
 Colin Currie Courtesy of the BBC >> BBC Radio 3: full concert details and program notes |
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| Thur 19 August, 3.00pm |
Wayne Marshall, organ
Wagner, arr. Lemare The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - overture
Wagner, arr. Lemare Tännhauser - overture
Improvisation on themes from Wagner's 'Tristan and Isolde'
Wagner, arr. Lemare Die Wälkure - The ride of the Valkyries
 Wayne Marshall Courtesy of the BBC >> BBC Radio 3: full concert details and program notes |
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| Thur 19 August, 8.00pm |
Hallé Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder, conductor
Paul Lewis, piano
Foulds April-England, Op 48
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37
R Strauss Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life). Op 40
 Mark Elder Courtesy of the BBC >> BBC Radio 3: full concert details and program notes |
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Get set for a 'A Prom a Day'. Once again ABC Classic FM will bring you a wonderful selection of concerts from the BBC 2010 Proms - the world’s largest music festival. 
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